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Last year, billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett galvanized philanthropy with their Giving Pledge, a bold call for the world's wealthiest to donate half of their fortunes to worthy causes.

As a result of that challenge and the huge sums that have flowed from it, charities have begun to take a more businesslike approach to their operations.

Mobile technology is making it easier than ever to help strangers a world away. Governments like Britain's and our own are experimenting with ways of shifting more responsibility to citizens and foundations.

Meanwhile, middle-class people have seen their earnings stagnate as the global economy makes a halting recovery.

It is a time of crisis and opportunity, dire predictions and great innovations. The Globe spent months reporting on the scope and impact of a revolution that has the power to transform lives and speaks to our higher selves.

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